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This is my private blog dedicated to my Stampin' Up! " toys "! I retired as a SU! Demonstrator but I still teach classes for card-making, scrapbooking and other fascinating paper crafts. I LOVE this craft hobby and have been doing it every chance I get while being a MOM to one beautiful daughter {and I feel like a Mom to one furry mutt}. Hopefully I can share my passion for crafting with anyone and everyone interested in this fabulous hobby!
I am also a tech weakling, so please excuse my blog "oopsy's" as Blogger can be mystifying!

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25 November 2012

I decided to craft {what a surprise} a small Hostess Gift to give my friend recently and had a 'bucket' of fun doing it. I made some scented potpourri! And presented it in a cute dish - looked great.....:) {grin}

Not only was this fun, it was easy. Real easy.

I know that the really nice packages of potpourri in the stores look the way they do because they add decorative elements to the mix - such as nice pinecones, or glittery straw stars - etc, etc. instead of just the plain-looking potpourri mix. And what's a nice girl to do when money is needed to buy many, many gifts. DO IT YOURSELF!!!! So with that in mind, I made my way to the DOLLAR STORE - where else!

I had to actually ' pay ' for the pinecones {when I should of picked some nice ones off the ground in the fall, oh well...} but that was offset by the nice glittery straw balls, and white stars I found! Lastly, I needed some scented oil. And then a container. [note - you can use clay pieces as well to hold the oil scent]

Pour on the scented oil.....i used a mix of expensive boutique essential oil, and a generic pretty apple-berry scented oil. Do it a few swigs at a time - you don't want to overpower it! Better to be add more.

Here's the special "accents" I added to the plain bag of potpourri I purchased, and one of the oils [red box]. Just these items alone give your mix the coveted 'designer' look. Pretty sneaky, huh? Darn right!

Here it is in the cutesy red bowl I found at the Dollar Store! I decided smaller would be the right size for a Hostess gift. Therefore, if you make a whole bunch of the mix - you could potentially have many gifts!

Create a pretty Gift Tag - here is another lovely Hostess Stamp Set from SU! I embossed the image in white embossing powder which is striking against the red paper! The Designer Paper accordian-fold rosette is hand-made and the chipboard tag has been coated with red paint and glitter, and isn't it PRETTY all together? Why not make a few of these one night and save yourself time? You know you're going to need them - there's always those last-minute gifts!

Here it is all wrapped in cellophane, tagged and oh so ready to give!

And here is our own in a pretty plain white dish.

Smells w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l !!!

Hope you enjoy making your own home fragrant with scented Holiday Potpourri.

1 comments:

I was the lucky recipient of the scented holiday potpourri and the package looks so wonderful I still haven't opened it. The tag looks absolutely gorgeous in real life. You've put together a wonderful tutorial - I might even make some of my own. Thanks for sharing.